Fabric for felt boots.



Patented F651 12, l90l.

R; HEATON. FABRIC FOB FELT BOOTS.

(Application nle'li Sept. 8; 1896.) (No Model.)

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RYAN HEATON, OF SANDY HOOK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE UNITED STATESRUBBER COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

FABREG FOR FELT BOOTS.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,699, dated February12, 1901.

Application filed September 3, 1896.

T rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RYAN I-IEATON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Sandy Hook, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFabrics for Felt Boots; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers IO skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved fabric for the manufacture of feltboots and analogous articles; and it consists in a fabric made up of twoseparate pieces of knit goods the fibers of which are united orintermixed by means of barbed needles, after which the goods are fniled,thus making a fabric which is much stronger than a felt fabric of thesame material and when made up into felt boots or analogous articles ismuch stronger than the material used in the manufacture of felt boots asknown to the trade.

In the accompanyi ngdi'a'wings,forming part of this specification,Figure 1 represents two pieces of woven or knitted fabric. shows thebarbed needles which are used in uniting the fibers of the two fabrics.Fig. 3 shows the fabric after being united by the needles. Fig. 4 is aview showing the general appearance of the complete fabric after beingfulled.

In the manufacture of the product I take two or more pieces of wovenfabric, Fig. 1, and place them one upon the other, Fig. 2, and thefibers of these pieces are united by passing barbed needles throughthem. After the pieces have been thus united the fabric will lose to agreat extent the appearance of a woven fabric, Fig. 3, and the fabric soconstructed will be stronger than the ordinary felted goods. After thetwo or more pieces of fabric have been connected or their fibers unitedby the barbed needles they are then Fig. 2'

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fulled in the usual manner, Fig. 4, when the product is ready to be madeup into the desired article. No flock or bat is used in making thefabric, as the barbed-needle process acts to thoroughly intermingle thefibers to present a strong and durable article and the falling processhardens the fabric by condensing the fibers.

When this fabric is made into boots and analogous articles such productsare known as woven or all-knit bats and are much stronger than feltarticles made after the ordinary manner.

I am aware that prior to my invention it has been proposed to make adouble fabric and felt the same, and I do not claim such a fabricbroadly. An example of the fabric which I hereby disclaim may be founddescribed in the British patent issued to Nickels, No. 13,364 of 1850.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure'by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fabric for wool boots and similar articles composed of two separatewooven or knitted woolen fabrics superimposed, the fibers of one of saidfabrics being in part introduced into and through the other fabric, andheld in place by shrinking or fulling.

2. The process of making a fabric for W001 boots and similar articles,consisting in forming by weaving or knitting a plurality of suitablewoolen fabrics of larger dimensions than the finished boot; ofassembling said fabrics -80 side by side; of then uniting said assembledfabrics by punching'fibers of one of said fabrics into the other; andsubsequently falling the combined fabric and lasting it to form thefinished product.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RYAN I-IEATON.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. HEATON, JAMES H. WARNER.

